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P A R T IX.

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1 art IX. of ' Cuneiforln l exts lii-ollr B_~bil~!uil l~~l 'X avjct.,, &C. , : : u ~ ~ ~ s i n b

texts from one stone tablet, four clay bricks or memorial tablets, one clay cylinder,

1 and forty-three clay tablets. T h e inscriptions are as follows :- \I

( I . ) Four texts of Eannadu. king of Shirpurla (Lagash) about ]:.c. 4,500,

recounting his name and titles, and those of his father, Alturgal. T h e

texts enumerate the names of the countries and cities which owed him

allegiance, and record the building by him of a temple to the god

Ningirsu (Nos. 85,977, 85,978, 85,979, 85,980).

( 2 . ) Copy of a text of Dungi, king of Ur about 13.c. 2,500, recording the

building of E-shid-lam, the temple of Nergal, it1 the city of Cuthah. T h e

copy was made by B&-uballit, the scribe (No. 35,389).

(3.) Copy of a text of Kurigalzu, lting of Dabylonia about l:.". 1,400, recording

the building of a temple to the goddess Ninni, " the lady of the city of

Agacle." T h e copy was made in the 8th year of Nabonidus, king of

Baby1011 from B.C. 555 to I:.". 538 (No. 32,457).

(4.) Text of a deed recording a grant of certain lands by Nebuchaclnezzar I,

king of Babylonia about B.C. 1,120, to S h a m b , and Shanlai his son,

priests of the Elamite god, Eria, who had fled froill Elan1 into Babylonia

(No. 92,987).

(5.) Text from a cylinder of Ashur-bani-pal, lsing of Assyria from 13.c. 668 to

13.c. 626, recordiilg his name, titles, and genealogy, and commen~orating

his restoration of the temple E-sagil, in Babylon, in honour of the god

Marduk, during the reign of his brother, Shamash-shum-ukin, king of

Babylon froill B.C. 668 to 13.c. 648 (No. 86,9 I 8).

(6.) Two early Semitic Babyloniatl texts, undated, one of which is illustrated

with geometrical figures (Nos. 85, I 94, 85,2 10).

(7.) Thirty-nine texts fro111 balied clay tablets, inscribed with lists of revenues

and tables of accounts concerning grain, sheep, cattle, &C., which were

drawn up in the reigns of Bur-Sin and other lsings of Ur, who reigned

before the subjugation of the cities of Babylonia by Khammurabi about

13.c. 2,200. Five are dated in the accession year of Bur-Sin (Nos. 13,134,

18.426, 19,055, 21,396, 21,397) ; two are dated in the year following

Bur-Sin's accession (Nos. 19,054, 19,769) ; and one is dated in the year in

which Bur-Sin destroyed Urbillu (No. 2 I ,387). In twenty-two tablets

the name of the reigning king is not mentioned, but the texts are

dated by great event:;, such as the capture or building of a city, the

erection of a temple, &c. Thus, one is dated in the year in which the

city of Kharshi was destroyed (No. 2 I , 144) ; three are dated in the year

19,779, 20,007) ; one is dated in the year in which the city of Kilnash

was destroyed (No. 21,348) ; four are dated in the year which followed the

destruction of the city of Kimash (Nos. 14,318, 1g,o3 I , 19.038, 2 1,245) ;

one is dated in the two years which followed that event (No. 18,425) ; and

two in the year in which the cities of Simuru and Lulubll were destroyed

for the ninth time (Nos. 19,050, 2 1,250). One tablet is dated in the year

which followed the building of Dur-mati (No. 2 r , 146) ; one is dated in the

year in which ;L temple was built for the god Dagan (No. 18,437) ; and

four in the years which followed that event (Nos. I 3,657, 18,367. I 9,75 I ,

21,137) ; two are dated in the year in which the throne of the god Enlil

(Bel) was made (Nos. 14,617, I g, 100) ; and two are dated in the years in

which certain deities were installed in their shrines (Nos, I 2.91 g, 19,036)-

T h e remaining nine tablets (Nos. I 7,748, I 9,068, ao,or I , 20,012, 2 0 , o ~ 5,

20,018, 2 1,25 I , 2 1,386, 2 I ,399) are undated, but were probably inscribed

during the reigns of Bur-Sin and other ltings of Ur, before R.C. 2,200.

T h e copies have been made by Mr. L. W. King, M.A., Assistant in the Department.

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